Combined key and license container



Jufie 4, 1929.

s, D. GRIFFIN ET AL COMBINED KEY AND LICENSE CONTAINER Filed Aug. 26,1926 F010 LIVES.

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Patented June 4, 1929. v I 1,715,752

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN D. GRIFFIN AND PERCY M. GRIFFIN, F ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORSOF ONE-THIRD TO GEORGE J. RUOFF, OF G-LOVERSVILLE NEW YORK.

COMBINED KEY AND LICENSEE CONTAINER.

Application filed August 26, 1926. Serial No. 131,604.

Our invention relates to key containers carryinga part of the separablefastener, may made of leather or fabric. be provided with a transparentwindow.

In many jurisdictions it is required that Whileiwe have shown threepocket sections persons operating an automobile upon the it is of'courseobvious this number may be inpublic highways'thereof shall have in theircreased or decreased. The pockets in the end possession while so doing,various licenses, pocket sections preferably open along theiridentification cards and the like, failure to inner sides so that thecontents thereof cando so making them liable to certain penalties. notescape when the container is properly One object of our invention is toprovide folded.

1 an improved, handy, compact container for The inner surface of thekeyholdingsection the keys which are generally required in 5, at a pointor points near the cover flap 6, is e I order to make possible theregular operation provided with means, as the looped straps 7, of anautomobile, and to so mount them therewhereby a flexible key holdingloop (or loops) in that any one of them may be left pro- 8, may besecured to the section, and in the 15 jecting from the container when itis closed, cover flap 6 is formed an opening 9 through and be readilyavailable for use, as when the which a key on one of the loops 8 may bekey to the ignition circuit is to be inserted in passed and so remainoutside the container its appointed place, while the other key or whenthe same is closed, as illustrated by Fig. keys are fully protected bythe closed con- 2. The lower part of the section5is provided 20 tainerand are thereby prevented from con with a pocket, or pockets 10 in whichthe keys tacting with and jangling against the instrumay be inserted soas to restrain them from ment board or other object when supportedmoving sideways and so working out of the from the projecting key.container when it is closed.

A further object of our invention is to A combined key and licensecontainer ar- 25 eliminate the danger of a person inadvertranged andconstructed substantially as illusently operating an automobile withouthavtrated and described is a handy, compact deing in his possessionthose credentials which vice which will hold the keys securely, whileare required by law. permitting any one of them to be left pro- .Themanner in which we have aecomjecting in position for use. By combining aplished our objects is illustrated in the accard or license holder withour improved key companying drawings, in which: container we haveproduced a device the use ig. 1 is a plan view of our lmprovedcomwhereof will eliminate the probability of inbined keys and licensecontainer when comadvertent disobedience to some of the laws pletelyopened out. which govern operators of automobiles.

35 Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same ile we now prefer to makeour imwhen closed, one of the keys projecting thereproved devicesubstantially as illustrated, we from so as to be readily availableforuse. I do not Wish to be limited to the precise struc- Referring to thedrawings, especially Fig. ture and arrangement shown as numerous 1,thereof, it will be seen that in its entirety changes may be madewithout going beyond 40 our invention comprises a key container, and thescope of the appended claims.

a card or license container,combined into a We claim:

single device. The key container part com-' 1. In a device ofthecharacter described, a

prising the section 5 one end of which. terbody portion including acentral section and minates in a cover flap 6, to which is securedfoldable side sections adapted to be lapped one part of a separablefastener, the other end over said central section, anintermediate secofthe section 5 joining onto a pocket section tion forming a continuationof the central sec- 3, to the back of which is secured another part tionand connected with one end thereof, said of the aforesaid separablefastener. Other intermediate section being adapted to be foldpocketsections, 2, and 4, join onto the s des ed over said side sections, aclosure flap carof the section 3. Each pocket section is prefried by theintermediate section and adapted erably provided with a transparentwindow to be attached to the central section, and key through which thecontents of thepocket will supporting means carried on the inner faceofbe visible, and if desired both the front and the intermediate section,said closure flap hayback of the pocket sections other than the one ingan elongated opening through which said key supporting ed when the dev2. In a device body portion includin g 5 ble of being arra-nintermediate section ext one of the body sections,

108 is closed.

mensions to fold over said section, a 010 flap forming part of the interon the inner face of 1 pockets formed mediate section,

means is adapted to be extendthe character described, a

foldable sections capaged one upon'the other, an ended from one endofand of uniform disure mediate section,

said intera plurality of key supporting means can be extended when thedevice is closed.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures; 4

STEPHEN n. GRIFFIN. PERCY M. GRIFFIN.

